College Game Day (football) - Notable Editions

Notable Editions

  • August 27, 2000: The BCA Kickoff Classic was canceled due to severe weather. Moments after Lee Corso feinted towards a Georgia Tech hat, his rental car was struck by lightning. Corso later joked that God was a Hokie fan and has since picked VT in a significant majority of games.
  • November 3, 2001: The first time GameDay went to a non-BCS conference venue (Army at Air Force, with a post-9/11 feel).
  • November 16, 2002 marked the first time GameDay was broadcast live from an Ivy League school as Harvard played at Penn.
  • September 27, 2003: GameDay broadcast from West Point, where most of the broadcast was suspended due to lightning.
  • October 4, 2003: GameDay's visit to Texas for the Kansas State–Texas game marks the first appearance of the "Coug Flag", as Washington State fans begin their ongoing tradition of flying a school flag at every GameDay broadcast.
  • October 24, 2003: The first time GameDay went to a Mid-American Conference venue, Bowling Green State University. Number 23 Bowling Green upset number 12 Northern Illinois in a final of 34-18.
  • November 26, 2005: GameDay was live from a game involving two historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) as Southern University played Grambling in the Bayou Classic in Houston (the game was moved from New Orleans to Houston due to Hurricane Katrina).
  • November 4, 2006: Chris Fowler did not host the show for the first time in 16 years. Rece Davis, host of College Football Final filled in for him. Fowler was on assignment, hosting ESPN's coverage of the Breeders' Cup from Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky.
  • September 1, 2007: GameDay came to Virginia Tech just five months after the Virginia Tech massacre as a special tribute.
  • November 10, 2007: GameDay was live from a Div. III location as Amherst played at Williams.
  • November 24, 2007: GameDay was at Kansas City's Arrowhead Stadium for the 116th edition of the Border War, the nation's oldest rivalry "west of the Mississippi (River)" as the 10-1 and 4th ranked Missouri Tigers faced the 11-0 and 2nd ranked Kansas Jayhawks with a potential #1 BCS ranking on the line, the first for both schools. Missouri opened a 28-7 lead into the 4th quarter, then the Jayhawks fought back making the score 34-28, but Kansas quarterback Todd Reesing was sacked in the end zone with under a minute to play, and The Tigers went on to win 36-28.
  • April 12, 2008: GameDay went on location at their first spring football game, 'The Orange & Blue Debut' at Florida.
  • November 15, 2008: GameDay broadcast from Florida A&M, marking the first time an HBCU hosted GameDay.
  • October 3, 2009: GameDay broadcast from the Florida State vs Boston College game to pay tribute to Mark Herzlich, a BC player who was diagnosed with cancer.
  • November 7, 2009: GameDay paid tribute to the troops by attending the Army-Air Force game.
  • October 23, 2010: A GameDay attendance record was set in Columbia, Missouri at the University of Missouri; ESPN estimated over 18,000 fans turned out on David R. Francis Quadrangle.
  • November 19, 2011: GameDay broadcast from a Conference USA venue, University of Houston, for the first time. The #11 Houston Cougars played SMU.

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